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Mon 10 Oct 2008Circus Maximus rally gives Berlusconi thumbs down
ON A glorious, sunny Roman October afternoon, hundreds of thousands of Italians took to the streets of the Italian capital on Saturday to stage an anti-government protest, organised by the main opposition party, the Democratic Party (PD), writes Paddy Agnew
While it is unlikely that the protest will impinge much upon the policies of the Silvio Berlusconi-led centre-right government, it may be that Saturday's rally will signal a revival in the fortunes of the PD, who have been relatively quiet since a comprehensive loss to Mr Berlusconi's Freedom Party in last April's general election.
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